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19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Cherry Blossom
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Cherry Blossom
A rare antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 1900....
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Barley
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Barley
A rare antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 1900. Highly ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
20th Century French Plaster Decoration on Metal Stand
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th Century French Plaster Decoration on Metal Stand is a testament to timeless artistry and nature's enduring beauty. The plaster panel captures the delicate impressions of le...
Category
20th Century French Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
French Gypsum Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970 s tree statue , Vintage artist school work .
Small Man H: 24 W:6 D:5,5
WOMEN H: 22.5 W:6 D:6
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Coastal Plaster Faux Clam Shell
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Coastal faux clam shell. Monumental in size and drama. A plaster construction with a beautiful patina from time. Acquired from a Pal...
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Late 20th Century American Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Death Mask
Located in Savannah, GA
A plaster death mask, circa 1880.
5 ¾ inches wide by 3 ¾ inches deep by 8 ½ inches tall
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Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900
By Somso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900
A folding model of an ear. It was used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1900. It is made of wood and paper mache by ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Didactical Model of Cockchafer or May bug sold by the “ Denoyer-Geppert Company
Located in Leuven , BE
Beetle model (Melotontha vulgaris), strongly enlarged. One side shows the outer shape, the other the inner constitution and the viscera, legs and wings ca...
Category
Early 20th Century German Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of An Ear - Somso ca. 1960
By Somso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of An Ear - Somso ca. 1960
A folding model of an ear. Used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1960. Made of wood and plastic by Somso, Germany.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Antique Teaching Aid - Structure of the Human Skin, Plaster on Wood
By Somso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid - Structure of the Human Skin, Plaster on Wood
An antique hand-painted anatomical wall model depicting the structure of the human skin with roots of the hair. T...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Panicula (panicle)
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Panicula (panicle)
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Grain Grate
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Grain Grate
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 1900. H...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Spica (simple ear)
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Spica (simple ear)
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Umbella (umbel)
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Umbella (umbel)
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 190...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain
A great antique hand-painted model of the grain with removable germ. Made of papier ma...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Huge Monumental Victorian Taxidermy Dome with Colorfull Tropical Birds, C. 1850
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A monumental Victorian taxidermy dome, measuring H. 90 cm, with a wide variety of Tropical birds, of which many male and female pairs
Engla...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Plaster Natural Specimens
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Animal Skin, Glass, Plaster, Feathers
Vintage Boho 1950s Plaster Heart Bookends, Signed- Set of 2
Located in west palm beach, FL
An exceptional vintage pair of Boho plaster bookends. Amazing realistic hearts that rest in a plinth. Tagged Goldman and Belski 1950. The perfect gift for the MD in your life. Acquir...
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1950s North American Vintage Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Coastal Plaster Shell Bust of Woman
Located in west palm beach, FL
An exceptional vintage Coastal bust of woman. A beautiful profile of a serene woman. A beautiful collection of shells wrap around her head and neck. Acqu...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Plaster
Botanic Model of Different Type of Inflorescences, Italy, 1930
By Paravia
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanic didactical model of the different types of inflorescences specimen made out of hand painted plaster red buds, copper metal green branches and rubber central component ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Copper
Cast Plaster Tridacna Gigas Clam Shell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This plast caster of a half-shell is the type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clam.
They are known as the Tridacna Gigas and are found in the reefs of the Southern Pacific. T...
Category
20th Century American Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Mid Century Coastal Modern Large and Realistic Faux Seashell Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large scale cast faux seashell sculpture from the early 1970's. Very realistic and a coastal decorators dream.
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Kidney, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the kidney. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, Germany ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Antique Teaching Model of the Adipose Spleen, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the adipose spleen. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Plaster
1950s Midcentury Design English Anatomical Models University
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of two amazing anatomical models university, circa 1950s.
Measurements from left: height 30 cm, 23 cm.
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Unique Purple, a Clear and Purple Cast Glass Sculpture by Lene Tangen
By Lene Tangen
Located in London, GB
Unique Purple, is a clear and purple cast glass sculpture by the Norwegian artist Lene Tangen. Captured in the centre of this piece, suggestive of an iceberg, is an inner core of pla...
Category
2010s Norwegian Organic Modern Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Plaster
Large Italian Scagliola Shell
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian Scagliola shell. Large sculptural shell in Scagliola with natural patina, Italy, early 20th century.
Dimensions: 32" W x 20" D x 9.5" H.
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Natural Specimens
Materials
Scagliola
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Located in London, GB
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Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1069-945 BC.
Acacia wood, rosewood, hippopotamus ivory
Masterfully carved from a single piece of fine-grained hardwood, the present mask is characteristic of the most exquisite funerary art made during the 21st Dynasty, and was probably commissioned for a particularly high-ranking individual.
The oval face displays a gently smiling mouth with full, outlined lips, furrows at the corners and a bow-shaped philtrum. The straight nose with rounded nostrils, the cheeks full and fleshy and the large, almond shaped eyes with heavy lids and tapering cosmetic lines, set below long, sweeping eyebrows.
Social collapse across the Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age meant that the 21st Dynasty in Egypt was a period of great turmoil. Trade routes were disrupted, governments collapsed, and mass migration occurred. Economic scarcity meant that traditional funerary practices in Egypt were also affected, with a lack of material and financial resources leading to the reuse of preexisting material. As a result, during the 21st Dynasty, 19th and 20th Dynasty coffins changed ownership rapidly and were heavily recycled for new purposes. Tombs were also unmarked allowing them to be shared
by many people. These new practices brought forth a shift in the understanding of funerary paraphernalia. No longer important objects owned forever by the deceased, they were now simply seen as short-term transformative devices, whose symbolic and ritualistic meaning could be appropriated for others. However, paradoxically, the art of coffin-making also reached new heights during this period, and many of the richly dec- orated “yellow” coffins, characteristic of the 21st Dynasty, are remarkable works of art in their own right. Indeed, knowing that coffins were being reused throughout Egypt, the Egyptian élite set themself apart by commissioning lavish sarcophagi decorated with the images and texts meant to help guide them to the afterlife, and which would otherwise have adorned the tomb walls. As coffins were the chief funerary element which now identified the dead and allowed them a physical presence in the world of the living, their quality and appearance were of the utmost importance.
The traditional coffin ensemble was made of three parts: a wooden mummy cover, which laid directly atop the mummy, an inner coffin, and an outer coffin, both made of a lid and case. Additional decorative elements, such as masks, were carved out separately and later glued or pegged to the lids. After the completion of the painted decoration, the sarcophagus was covered in a varnish to give it its yellow colour. Gilding was sometimes used for the coffins of the high priests’ families, notably on parts representing naked skin, such as the face mask. However, some of the élite tactically avoided gilding altogether as to ensure that their coffin would not be looted.
When manufacturing the inner and outer coffins, particular attention was paid to the woodwork. Displaying the skill of the carpenter, this type of funerary art has largely remained unparalleled throughout Egyptian history. The principal wood used to craft the present mask is Acacia nilotica. The evergreen Egyptian acacia was considered sacred and said to be the tree of life, the birthplace of the god Horus, as well as symbolic of Osiris, the god of the dead and resurrection. The modelling of the face in the wood is superb, but the inlays also help mark this mask out as exceptional. Inlaid eyes and eyebrows were extremely rare and reserved to the finest and most expensive coffins. Traditionally, eyes were made of calcite, obsidian, or quartz, and eyebrows of coloured glass paste or bronze. Here, the pupils, eyebrows, and cosmetic lines are inlaid with Dalbergia melanoxylon, a rare type of wood which belongs to the rosewood genus.
In antiquity, however, it was known as Ebony of the Pharaohs, from the Egyptian word “hbny”, meaning dark timber, because of its black, lustrous appearance. An extremely dense and hard wood requiring significant skill to work with, ebony was a luxury material highly coveted by the pharaohs themselves, to make furniture, decorative and funerary objects. The wood was imported with great effort from the southern Land of Punt, most likely modern Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, alongside other luxury goods such as gold and ivory.
A magnificent ebony throne, recovered in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, illustrates the incredible aesthetic potential of this material and why it was so highly valued by Egyptian royalty. Only élite members of Egyptian society could have afford- ed Ebony of the Pharaoh inlays for their funerary mask.
The sclerae on the present piece were once both inlaid with hippopotamus ivory. Whiter than elephant ivory, this type of ivory is also denser, and more difficult to carve. The use of this luxury material, reputed for its gleaming appearance, enhances the lifelikeness of the eyes. For the Egyptians, hippopotamus ivory was imbued with magic powers. The hippopotamus was indeed both feared and venerated due to its aggressive behaviour. Whilst the male hippopotamus was associated with danger and chaos, the female was benevolent and invoked for protection, especially of the house and
of mothers and their children, through the hippopotamus goddess Tawaret. Thus, not only was hippopotamus ivory used as an inlay and to make practical objects, such as combs and clappers, but it was also used to make talismans like apotropaic wands or knives.
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Italian set of Five death mask
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Located in west palm beach, FL
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Located in Milan, IT
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Located in Milan, IT
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A mushroom model, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A model for pharmacy of mushroom specimen, Boletus Edulis (Porino-Pore mushroom), made out of plaster watercolored. Square wooden black base with moss and hay. It shows on the front...
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Located in Milan, IT
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